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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 5: The investment aid fund for departmental and territorial fire and rescue services

Article L1424-36-1

I. - Credits from the investment aid fund for departmental and territorial fire and rescue services are allocated to fire and rescue services, by the prefects of the defence zones for which they are r…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Approval, implementation and control of the statement of estimated revenue and expenditure.

Article D6145-31-1

When, in application of article L. 6143-4, the statement of projected income and expenditure is subject to express approval, this is given within thirty days of receipt of the draft statement of proje…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Obligations.

Article L228-39

…o balance sheets duly approved by the shareholders must be preceded by a verification of the assets and liabilities.This verification shall be carried out by one or more commissaires (auditors) appoin…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article L212-3-7

…performer may not waive this right. However, a phonogram producer who employs fewer than ten people and whose annual turnover or annual balance sheet total does not exceed two million euros is not req…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Voluntary termination of pregnancy.

Article L2445-3

For their application in New Caledonia and French Polynesia: 1° At the end of the first sentence of the first paragraph of article L. 2212-6, the words: "under the conditions laid down in the second p…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: The National Disciplinary Commission

Article R1442-22-3

…e Commission nationale de discipline des conseillers prud'hommes is sent to the Minister of Justice and published in the Journal officiel de la République française by the First President of the Cour…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors.

Article L822-11-3

…ible for certifying, or in a person who controls it or is controlled by it, within the meaning of I and II of Article L. 233-3. Without prejudice to the provisions contained in this Book or in Book II…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 7: Special conditions for the "pneumology" option

Article D6124-177-37

I.-The holder of the authorisation has the following on site: 1° A technical platform for functional respiratory explorations enabling a flow-volume curve to be produced; 2° Access to non-invasive ven…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Combating drug addiction.

Article L3823-3

…e State in the department are attributed to the senior administrator of the territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Combating mental illness

Article L3824-3

…l take all necessary measures to ensure the safety of the mentally disordered person, other persons and property during the transfer.

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